Candidasa is the gateway to eastern Bali and is developing as a popular tourist destination. The beach had once been washed away due to coral picking but this has now stopped, and the coral is returning. This peaceful tourist village has plenty of accommodation and entertainment although all diving is from boats based in Padang Bai, 30 mins south. The diving here is drift-diving and, due to the sometimes fierce currents, is for advanced divers. All the reefs are extremely healthy with great diversity of invertebrate and fish life. Tepekong's Canyon has dramatic underwater structure and is usually full of fish; Mimpang is the best place in Bali to see shark and Biaha has rich wall and slope dives